The F2-course

The F2-course, used for scalemodels, consists of a triangle of 30 x 30 x 30 meter. The gates have a width of 1 meter. The baseline is situated at 10 meter distance from the startingplace.

You have to finish the course within 7 minutes. The time starts when passing the first gate. The last gate has to be sailed in reverse and finally a docking procedure has to be performed. During the run you are not allowed to touch a bouy or to miss a gate. A clear run results in 100 points (including a right docking procedure).

There is a subdivision in 3 classes.

F2A for scalemodels up to 900,0 mm length
F2B for scalemodels from 900,1 mm up to 1400,0 mm length
F2C for scalemodels from 1400,1 up to 2500,0 mm length

F2-parcours

You may enter the dock from the left or the right. The dock is devided in two by means of a cross-bar. During entering of the dock the sides and the cross-bar may not be touched. The model must be lie completely still for 3 seconds with the bow in a rectangle. To start this time the captain has to cry 'STOP" and is not allowed to touch his transmitter for the next 3 seconds. In the dockingarea 3 rectangles are indicated, one for each class.

F2A rectangle has a length of 80 cm from the cross-bar.
F2B rectangle has a length of 50 cm from the cross-bar.
F2C rectangle has a length of 30 cm from the cross-bar.

The big F2C-models have to enter the dock the farthest.

The width of the dock is ajustable, dependent on the modelwidth.

The next table gives the dockfactors. The dockwidth is the modelwidth plus the dockfactor from the table. All values are given in mm.

F2A		F2B		F2C
Boatlength	Dockfactor	Boatlength	Dockfactor	Bootlength	Dockfactor
0-50	10	901-950	163	1401-1450	248
51-100	18	951-1000	171	1451-1500	257
101-150	26	1001-1050	180	1501-1550	265
151-200	34	1051-1100	188	1551-1600	274
201-250	42	1101-1150	197	1601-1650	282
251-300	50	1151-1200	205	1651-1700	291
301-350	59	1201-1250	214	1701-1750	299
351-400	68	1251-1300	222	1751-1800	308
401-450	76	1301-1350	231	1801-1850	317
451-500	85	1351-1400	240	1851-1900	325
501-550	94			1901-1950	334
551-600	102			1951-2000	342
601-650	110			2001-2050	351
651-700	119			2051-2100	359
701-750	128			2101-2150	368
751-800	137			2151-2200	376
801-850	145			2201-2250	385
851-900	154			2251-2300	394
				2301-2350	402
				2351-2400	411
				2401-2450	419
				2451-2500	428

For modelships longer than 2500 mm and scale 1: 100 (or smaller scale) the dockfactor is 428.

Dockwidth = Modelwidth + Factor.

F2-dok

POINTS

Every gate, that is correctly passed gives a number of points (6 of 9). When touching a bouy (at the inner side of the gate) you get 2 or 3 penalty points. Missing the gate will result in getting no points. You are not allowed to try passing that gate correctly again.Reverse navigating through the last gate results in 12 points. As a bouy is touched you get 4 penalty points. All points are given in the next table.

Gate	Points for clear run	Penalty points for touching a buoy
I	6	-2
III	9	-3
II	6	-2
I	6	-2
III	9	-3
IV	6	-2
IV	6	-2
V	9	-3
I	6	-2
VI	6	-2
V	9	-3
I - reverse	12	-4
Docking	10	-5
total	100

A perfect docking procedure gives 10 points as shown in the table. 5 points will be subtracted when one of the next mistakes is made:

a. The model touched one dockside or the cross-bar once.
b. The model does not lie still for 3 seconds.
c. The competitor does not cry 'STOP" or does not set free the transmitter.
d. The competitor touches the transmitter within 3 seconds after calling 'STOP'.

When two (or more) of these mistakes are made no dockingpoints are given.

Hopefully you gained some knowledge after reading this story about the F2 course.

The F2-course

POINTS

Gate